The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-17

many days, and In the saying that,
"oil and water will not mix" for when
the oil spilled from the lantern, and the
bread sailed away on the bounding bill
lows, we knew that both were gone for
ever. But, probably the above quota.
tons have no reference to the waters
the Great Salt Lake.
We both sat upon the stove,
neither speaking, but lending
ourselves entirely to our thoughts; ;
m ne were concerning thesafety of
| the tent and our traps; duck
lslsyer's. no doubt, were clothed in
regrets for being beaten in his race for
the loaves of bread, for he was certainly
one of the largest feeders / ever saw ;
and when his thoughts were not OF
ducks, they were concerning his
dinner. We sat silent in the
dark for quite long time,
when we were startled by the
loud angry voices of our COM
panions. We heard chemist call out,
"Where in the devil are WEI" and fruit
vendor answer, How do know; why
don't you use some of your trigonome-
try and find the tent?" The chemist
said, You know every foot of ground,
every sage bush and COW track, why
don't you take ME to camp? I've had
enough" So we rightly concluded they
were lost. and intended they should re-
main so for at least a little time. We
knew that we could bring them to camp
by firing q gun and hanging q lighted
lantern outside the tent, and were not
at all alarmed as to their safety. While
we listened, their voices seemed to
come and go, sometimes loud,' then
faint, and loud again; during one OF
their conversations we he&fd them
come to logical conclusion, or what
they considered, sure way of finding
camp. They were at the waters edge,
which by tasting, they foundo to be
! salt, and knew that it was the lake !;
they also knew that the tent was
pitched on the shore of the lake, and by
following the waters edge, they were
sure to strike camp; so they
started out to walk down the shore q
couple of miles. Their voices still
sounded as before, sometimes distant,
sometimes near, and yet they were all
the time walking, ds we thought, back
and forth. We began to think they
had gone crazy, and were about to call
them in, when we heard their voices
seemingly apart; one calling Hello"
the other "All right" These "Helloes"
and "All rights" were repeated quite
often, and seemed to sound further
apart and tthen to come nearer. and
the Chemist say "1t's ID is
land"
When they realized that they
hsd Deen hunting for the tent for over
an hour on little island not more than
two hundred yards across, and travelled
several miles around the shore of the
same, their anger knew no bounds;
and we then heard . loud torrent of
swear words that seemed to lull the
elements to rest; for the wind and rain
immediately subsidized; probably sham
ed to repose through the realization OF
their own insignifcance.
We then refiiled and. lit the lantern,
and called to the boys to come
over, which they were not
long lin doing; and when
they reached the tent they blamed us
Tor all their misfortun es, and up
braided US numerically for moving the
tent out into the lake; they said they
enjoyed fun, but when it comes to
pitching the tent in two feet Of water
just to play a joke on them, it was
going little too far.
They told US how they were lost
several miles out on the-prairie; that
they had travelled nearly to Ogden and
part way to Corinne; and said that We
could have saved all their misery. by
firing few gunshots into the air to
show them the direction of camp.
In about an hour afterwards, the
water subsidized and left US again on
terra f,Dsd, and the work OF dissecting
the pyramid Immediately began, and it
was certainly an entertaining Job; the
syrup had glued the bacon to the
clothes. the pickles were spilled in an
old pair of pants. Shoes were filed
with salt water and sugar; the only
things that had preserved their identity
was the fryingpan and an empty sar-
dine box which were securely packed
between pair Of California blankets.
We arranged our bed insa half way
comfortable manner, and knowing that
refreshments were out of the question.
we sought the next best things. rest and |
repose. While counting sleep, it dawned
on the chemist. that the fruit vendor |
had evened accounts with him, that he |
had and would suffer more than the |
Ogdenite had suffered in the loss of a |
sweetheart.
For it is a sure thing that il a man |
goes out duck-Shooting. and returns |
home without the loss of an ear. arm
hunger, and the terrors of a half |
drowned rat.
At o'clock We were visited by an
other flood, worse. even than the other.
but as this came in the middle of the |
night while we were all in bed. it will be |
more proper to leave our experiences
untold. Suffice it to say that stepping,
half-naked, out of a comparatively
warm bed iRto foot of cold, muddy
water, is not the most pleasant thing in
the world.
At an early hour in the morning.
witt out breakfast, for the chemist with
all his knowledge of analysis, could not
procure from the commissary one
article that was fit to eat, we Started
for Hooper, where we arrived COM
pletely worn out and hungry as wolves.
This duck hunt has been of benefit to
Us after all, for we are more shy in ac-
cepting invitations from people resid-
ing in Ogden, and we evince a greater
tondness for home, and greater relish
for roast beef and pie. NJ.
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